Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of an Emerging Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive ST5 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone in Northern Australia

Author:

McGuinness Sarah L.123ORCID,Holt Deborah C.45,Harris Tegan M.4ORCID,Wright Connor1,Baird Rob6,Giffard Phillip M.45,Bowen Asha C.4789,Tong Steven Y. C.41011ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

2. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

3. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

4. Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

5. College of Health and Human Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

6. Microbiology, Territory Pathology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

7. Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

8. Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

9. School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

10. Victorian Infectious Disease Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

11. Doherty Department, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Victoria, Australia

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical infections. In the past 2 decades, an epidemic of community-associated skin and soft tissue infections has been driven by S. aureus strains with specific virulence factors and resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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